Big Year 2017

Thursday, 5 January 2017

My 2016

I had a good time as usual, birding in 2016. I tallied 100 species for Barbados the third
year in a row, which included 5 lifers, one of which was a first for the
island. I had a very rewarding birding
trip to Trinidad and Tobago which added 97 species to my international
checklist. Here are a few of my
highlights for 2016.

Highlights

Lifers

Great Kiskadee @
Hilton on February 08th

Purple Gallinule @
St. George on February 11th

Greater Shearwater
“Ocean” on June 09th

Brown Pelican @
Pyle Bay on October 1st

Tricolor Heron @
Chancery Lane on October 13th

Trinidad Trip

The family and I vacationed in Trinidad and Tobago from
August 1st to 8th. We visited iconic birding hotspots like Asa
Wright Nature Centre, Caroni Swamp and Aripo Agriculture Station. We also hooked up with one of the island’s top
birders and wildlife photographers, Wendell Reyes, for a wonderful week of
birding and photography. In that one week
I tallied 141 species, 97 of which were lifers. This increased my world life count to 241
species. Here are a few images from that
trip.